Chapter 506: Fivefold Transformation Alchemist

One year later.

Yan Buji looked at the Heavenly Origin Great Pill in his palm and smiled.

"The wind is calm and the waves are still; nothing went wrong, how nice."

At the moment of completion, Yan Buji swallowed the Heavenly Origin Great Pill.

In an instant, Yan Buji's complexion changed!

His flesh and blood seemed to be drawn away, and as the pill's power radiated, a booming sound echoed in Yan Buji's mind, and he collapsed to the ground unconscious.

A few days later.

Yan Buji finally woke, clutching his head and staring wide‑eyed around, "I have thought of failure, also thought of success, but I didn't expect such a situation."

He felt a wave of weakness throughout his body, as if all the nourishment of his flesh had been drained, and his spirit consciousness was fragmented, causing his head to throb as if about to split.

Immediately after, the blood‑red Golden Core in his dantian made Yan Buji frown.

"How could it be this color?"

Golden Core stage!

Although Yan Buji successfully broke through to the magical power Golden Core stage, he did not expect his Golden Core to turn this color. Streams of blood‑qi coiled around it; besides the massive magical power of the Golden Core stage, it seemed able to drive this blood‑qi as well.

He tried it and found that the blood‑qi within the magical power Golden Core moved with his magical power; although it could amplify some techniques, it consumed his flesh's strength!

"This is not good; if I later attain a divine ability, its propulsion will also drain my blood‑qi, and my flesh might not hold up," Yan Buji frowned.

Yan Buji took a deep breath; fortunately, despite his Golden Core stage being different from other cultivators, the problem was not severe.

"Fine, later I'll find a way to control the blood‑qi hidden in my magical power."

Immediately after, Yan Buji began the second phase of his cultivation plan.

First, he would refine Heavenly Fire.

The Shocking Wave Fire stored in the fire‑capturing bottle was previously gathered by Yan Buji; now that he has entered the Golden Core stage, he does not rush the cultivation of his techniques. He will first refine Heavenly Fire, improve his Alchemy Technique, and thereby aid his subsequent cultivation.

Although Shocking Wave Fire ranks low among Heavenly Fires, it is a rare fire that does not center on the power of "fire." Its essence remains flame, yet its manifested traits differ.

When Yan Buji extracted the Shocking Wave Fire, he performed the Shaping Fire Technique, swallowing the fire seed into his belly and consuming it with magical power.

In an instant, Yan Buji felt a series of icy chills—not ordinary cold; the more he mobilized his qi to resist the cold, the more it fueled the Shocking Wave Fire.

Thus Yan Buji, caught between cold and heat, resisted the Shocking Wave Fire, his complexion unchanged, and gradually refined it.

Another year passed.

Yan Buji successfully refined the fire seed; now both fire seed and thunder seed coexist in his dantian, and because their paths differ, they do not interfere with each other.

"The Patterned Profound Art is indeed impressive,"

The thunder seed originates from the Purple Thunder Divine Art, belonging to the Martial Dao realm; the fire seed belongs to Magical Cultivation. Under the barrier of the Patterned Profound Art, the two do not interfere, which is a great boon for Yan Buji.

The more methods one possesses, the more targeted decisions one can make in varied environments.

Yan Buji has not made great breakthroughs beyond fire techniques, but his fire‑control methods are quite refined, so refining Heavenly Fire did not cause injury.

Immediately after, Yan Buji began studying the refinement of the Four-turn Pill.

Alchemy Technique, ranking among the top two of the Hundred Cultivation Arts, attracts many cultivators seeking achievement, yet the scarcity of Alchemists also indirectly proves differing innate talents.

Some people are innately suited to alchemical paths, like Yan Buji; he has talent for both alchemy and forging, whereas arts like formation, talisman making, and gu‑techniques he only grasps superficially, unable to master them as thoroughly with minimal study.

Yan Buji also knows that a cultivator cannot master all Hundred Arts; aside from lacking the talent, the time required would be incalculable.

From his initial total failures at refining the Four-turn Pill to later achieving two successes out of ten attempts, Yan Buji has already spent ten years.

When Yan Buji finally raised his pill‑making success rate to eight out of ten, a total of forty years had passed.

"This is harder than my cultivation techniques," Yan Buji's complexion shifted; he had imagined it might take a dozen or twenty years to steadily reach the Four-turn Alchemist level, but it took forty years.

Yan Buji frowned and thought carefully.

"Fine, my goal is to become a Fivefold Transformation Alchemist; the Four-turn Pill is of little use to me now,"

He had sensed this long ago. As his strength grew, the Three-turn Pill offered him almost no benefit, so the pills he prepared were purchased at high price in the Heavenly Spirit Realm.

Even recovery pills for magical power require at least Fourfold Transformation; apparently, as Yan Buji's Martial Dao realm advanced, some Magical Cultivation pills are absorbed and dissolved by his flesh upon entry, never reaching the dantian.

Thus, the Three-turn Pill, which aids ordinary Golden Core cultivators, and the highly useful Four-turn Pill have little effect for Yan Buji.

To save costs, Yan Buji, even after expending massive resources early on, insists on elevating this skill.

Another eighty years passed.

Yan Buji finally stabilized his Fivefold Transformation pill‑making rate to six or seven out of ten and chose to stop.

"If I press on, I would need to expend massive Celestial Material to advance,"

Yan Buji's face twitched; no wonder Alchemists and Forgers are said to be big spenders. Even though Yan Buji earned a lot in recent years, he spent about a third of his medium‑grade Spiritual Stones, and the loss of Spiritual Material was incalculable, all despite his innate talent.

Now, although Yan Buji is considered a Fivefold Transformation Alchemist, he still cannot guarantee a successful pill each furnace, yet he has gained new insights into completing incomplete pill formulas.

Having no need to advance Alchemy Technique further, Yan Buji began cultivating the Earth Fiend Divine Ability.

"The Spiritual Materials for Dingchao, Heishui, and Kaibi have all been gathered; after testing, they suit my condition well," Yan Buji thought.

These three Earth Fiend Divine Abilities, one of which can amplify any technique—especially exponentially enhancing Five‑Element techniques—is Dingchao!

Then comes Heishui, a technique specifically for controlling water flow and altering its form, an Earth Fiend Divine Ability with many applications;

Next is Kaibi Divine Ability; since Yan Buji already masters a high‑fidelity version of the Splitting Technique, cultivation is easy.

As for Qi‑Seal and Staff‑Release, Yan Buji does not plan to cultivate them for now, because he still needs other spirit‑binding Spiritual Materials; the ones he currently has, after testing, do not suit his condition.

Of course, this arduous cultivation also brings Yan Buji joy; his strength steadily increases, making all those years of resource gathering worthwhile.